| Mode: | Women's Basketball |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Team: | Ohio Bobcats |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 2–4 |
| Conf Record: | 0–0 |
| Head Coach: | Bob Boldon |
| Hc Year: | 12th |
| Asst Coach1: | Tavares Jackson |
| Asst Coach2: | Chelsea Welch |
| Asst Coach3: | Kaylee Gregory Bambule |
| Asst Coach4: | Abby Garnett |
| Stadium: | Convocation Center |
The 2024–25 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team will represent Ohio University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by twelfth-year head coach Bob Boldon, play their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference.[1] [2] [3] [4]
See main article: 2023–24 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team. They finished the regular season 11–18, 8–10 in MAC play, to finish tied for 6th place. They lost to Ball State in the first round of the MAC tournament.[5]
| Name | Alma mater | Previous position | New position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaylee Gregory Bambule | Ohio University | Video coordinator | Assistant coach[6] |
| Abby Garnett | Ohio University | Player (2023) | Assistant coach |
| style= | Name | style= | Number | style= | Pos. | style= | Height | style= | Year | style= | Hometown | style= | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aylasia Fantroy | 2 | G | 5'11" | Freshman | Palestine, TX | Transferred to Texas Southern | |||||||
| Bengisu Alper | 33 | G | 5'11" | Senior | Istanbul, Turkey | Graduated, Exhausted Eligibility | |||||||
| Madi Mace | 3 | G | 5'11" | RS-Junior | Parkersburg, WV | Graduated | |||||||
| Peyton Guice | 11 | G | 5'11" | Senior | Westerville, OH | Graduated | |||||||
| Kailah Johnson | 10 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Orem, UT | Graduated, Exhausted Eligibility |
| style= | Name | style= | Number | style= | Pos. | style= | Height | style= | Year | style= | Hometown | style= | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anyssa Jones | 3 | G | 5'10" | Grad. Student | Westerville, OH | Transferred from Dayton. Will have one year of eligibility remaining.[9] | |||||||
| Aliah McWhorter | 4 | G | 6'1" | Senior | Istanbul, Turkey | Transferred from Wake Forest. Will have two years of eligibility remaining.[10] | |||||||
| Kiersten Cashell | F | 5'11" | Sophomore | Hilliard, Ohio | Transferred from Capital. Will have three years of eligibility remaining.[11] | ||||||||
| style= | Name | style= | Number | style= | Pos. | style= | Height | style= | High school | style= | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigi Bower[12] | 20 | G | 5'9" | Olentangy Liberty | Powell, OH | ||||||
| Danni Scully | 23 | F | 6'1" | Nazareth Academy | Park Ridge, IL | ||||||
| Olivia Rinard | G | Williamstown | Williamstown, WV | ||||||||
On October 22, 2024 the MAC released the preseason coaches poll. Ohio was picked to finish tied for sixth in the MAC regular season. Ohio received no to win the MAC Tournament.[13]
| style= | Predicted finish | style= | Team | style= | Votes (1st place) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ball State | 120 (10) | |||
| 2 | Kent State | 104 (2) | |||
| 3 | Buffalo | 96 | |||
| 4 | Bowling Green | 96 | |||
| 5 | Toledo | 82 | |||
| T6 | Northern Illinois | 64 | |||
| T6 | Ohio | 64 | |||
| 8 | Miami | 44 | |||
| 9 | Akron | 43 | |||
| 10 | Western Michigan | 34 | |||
| 11 | Eastern Michigan | 23 | |||
| 12 | Central Michigan | 20 |
Source[13]
| style= | Team | style= | Player | style= | Position | style= | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Jaya McClure | G | Jr. | ||||
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